Israel says it targeted Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, adding pressure to a US-brokered ceasefire.
Published On 9 Dec 2025
Israel’s military has carried out waves of air attacks in southern Lebanon, causing damage to several homes, according to Lebanese state media, as anger mounts over repeated Israeli violations of a ceasefire with Hezbollah agreed upon last year.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported late on Monday that Israeli jets targeted Mount Safi, the town of Jbaa, the Zefta Valley, and the area between Azza and Rumin Arki in “several waves”.
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There was no immediate report of casualties.
The Israeli military, in a post on X, said it struck several sites linked to Hezbollah, including a special operations training compound used by its elite Radwan Force.
The military said several buildings and a rocket-launching site were also hit.
The attacks come days after Israel and Lebanon dispatched civilian envoys to a military committee tasked with overseeing their ceasefire, a step towards a months-old demand by the United States, which has been urging the two countries to broaden their talks.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that his country “has adopted the option of negotiations with Israel”, and that the talks were aimed at stopping Israel’s continued attacks on his country.
The current ceasefire, brokered by Washington in 2024, ended more than a year of clashes between Israel and Hezbollah.
But Israel has continued to strike Lebanon on a near-daily